<p>The General Services Administration said Oct. 1 its transition from Lotus Notes to the cloud is saving money, despite the questions raised in a recent audit report.</p><p>"GSA's cloud migration has saved the agency more than $2 million dollars to date, and we stand by our early estimate to save at least $15 million over five years," the agency said in a statement.</p><p>The GSA inspector general's office released an audit Oct. 1, reporting that officials have not properly assessed the headway they've made in transitioning GSA's email and collaborations services to the cloud. Either the performance measures used to track the progress towards each of the project's goals are unclear, or the project simply lacks real targets. And if targets were set, officials did not adjust them to reflect the current environment. As a result, the IG couldn't verify whether the GSA's CIO' office is making adequate progress towards its projected savings.</p><p>Along with checking performance measures, the IG recommended GSA officials prepare an updated project savings justification regarding email and collaboration tools by using actual figures.</p><p><a href="http://fcw.com/articles/2012/10/02/gsa-lotus-cloud-response.aspx">Keep reading...</a></p>